bug: vm-get-new-mail always reports no mail when outside vm buffer

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From: Kyle Jones
Date: Thu, 14 May 1992 14:54

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Darrin B. Jewell writes:
 > VM: 5.32 (beta)
 > Emacs: 18.57
 > 
 > If the command vm-get-new-mail is called outside of a vm buffer, 
 > it will report "No new mail." even if there is mail waiting.

I just tried this M-x vm-get-new-mail from the *scratch* buffer
and the new mail was retrieved from the spool.

 > I would suggest that a correct behavior would be one of the following:
 >   1. (preferred) It pulls up the inbox buffer and then retrieves new mail.

That is what it should do currently.  "It works for me."

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